This is a book not only about the Chernobyl disaster, but, above all, about how Chernobyl went through the fate of people, cutting them, breaking them, testing them for strength, and hardening the strongest. When he was a reporter, the author worked for several months in Chernobyl. He is the only journalist who managed to visit the destroyed fourth power unit. Among the numerous state and public awards of the writer, a special place is occupied by the medal "Participant in the elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident."